is high end RAM worth it?

[zero7777]

Hey there, I'm looking at building a new PC soon. I am trying to decide what type of memory to put in. It's mostly going to be for gaming. I was thinking a Athlon 64 3200+ with an MSI K8N Neo motherboard.

Does the more expensive RAM like Kingston Hyper X or higher end Corsair RAM make that much difference if I don't plan to overclock? It just seems like a lot of money if it's not going to make much difference.

thanks in advance

 

[jpeyton]

Nope, not worth it. Get a couple sticks of 512MB Mushkin Green for $158 at Newegg.

 

[So]

No. Don't waste hard earned $$

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nope, not worth it. Get a couple sticks of 512MB Mushkin Green for $158 at Newegg.

 

[Arcanedeath]

I'd suggest grabing some cheap PC3500 or 3700 if your overclocking, otherwise the afore mentioned suggestions are good.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: So
No. Don't waste hard earned $$

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: So
No. Don't waste hard earned $$

 

[zero7777]

Wow, thanks, I guess that settles it. I don't have access to Mushkin, but I can get Corsair Value Select, or Crucial for pretty good prices.

thanks again!

 

[So]

Originally posted by: zero7777
Wow, thanks, I guess that settles it. I don't have access to Mushkin, but I can get Corsair Value Select, or Crucial for pretty good prices.

thanks again!

Good decision, I'm running Corsair, but if I'd pick Crucial stuff (I got a hot deal on Corsair Value Select a month ago)

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: zero7777
Wow, thanks, I guess that settles it. I don't have access to Mushkin, but I can get Corsair Value Select, or Crucial for pretty good prices.

thanks again!

id go with the corsair value select.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: zero7777
Wow, thanks, I guess that settles it. I don't have access to Mushkin, but I can get Corsair Value Select, or Crucial for pretty good prices.

thanks again!

Crucial has been very good to me,I bought 2 x 512 meg stick of cas3 pc3200 & it runs at cas2.5 at 200mhz & 250mhz at cas3 with 2.8v . yes you read right 250mhz (ddr500) .

 

[gunit]

kingston valve ram is good

 

[zephyrprime]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nope, not worth it. Get a couple sticks of 512MB Mushkin Green for $158 at Newegg.

There's no such memory at newegg. There is some blue for $108.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Nope, not worth it. Get a couple sticks of 512MB Mushkin Green for $158 at Newegg.

There's no such memory at newegg. There is some blue for $108.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-219&depa=0

 

[JackHawksmoor]

Tom's Hardware did benchmarks at the begining of the year, and like everyone's saying, it turns out there's very little difference. 7% max between ultra expensive 2-2-2 RAM on a Pentium 4 system, and only 4% max on an Athlon 64 (thanks to it's integrated memory controller).

 

[txxxx]

Originally posted by: gunit
kingston valve ram is good

Indeed, they used Samsung chips on the PC3200 512MB DIMM I brought.

 

[NokiaDude]

I paid $340 for 1gb Twin-X Corsair XMS XL RAM and it's worth every penny. CAS 2-2-2-5-1T @ 400FSB!!!!

 

[dmw16]

Nah, like everyone else said, as long as your arent overclocking. And even if you did some light overclocking a good branded ram will give you some room normally. I am using the ValueSelect Corsair PC3200 and they are at least good up to 220mhz in my machine. So save the cash and get mushkin or corsair, both will perform well.

 

[zero7777]

Thanks for all the helpful replies!

 

[JackBurton]

Anything less than the best is a felony...

 

[TheBDB]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
I paid $340 for 1gb Twin-X Corsair XMS XL RAM and it's worth every penny. CAS 2-2-2-5-1T @ 400FSB!!!!

You are nuts

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: NokiaDude
I paid $340 for 1gb Twin-X Corsair XMS XL RAM and it's worth every penny. CAS 2-2-2-5-1T @ 400FSB!!!!

I'm with you dude, but Mushkin is my weapon of choice.

 

[bluehorizon]

So the uber expensive Corsair TwinX XMS XL PRO ram that Newegg sells for around $340 is no better than this:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-450&depa=0

?

 

[jacktesterson]

My Cheap samsung ram works great , PC3200 @ 2-3-2-11 timings

cant complain for $135 for 1 GB

 

[DarkKnight]

I noticed on my AthlonXP that going from CAS 2 to 2.5 is a big difference. I had to overlock my 2500+ from stock to 2ghz to make the faster ram with worse timings perform better.